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What specifically would you like The Archmage to do? Please be as complete as you can at this time in your planning.

How do you see it working?

How will you be submitting materials? (E.g. via email, file-sharing service, post, etc.)

How would you like materials submitted back to you?

Does The Archmage have to sign up for anything, sign into anything, download a program or an App, log into something, etc.?NoYes

If you answered "Yes" above, please add additional details here:

What support materials will you need from the Office? (E.g. bio, pictures, video, etc.)

What is your timeline? What are the items you’d need and the milestones (dates) you’d need them by? Please be as specific as possible in order to better enable scheduling.

The business side of things…

Is this project already funded and committed to?NoYes

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Are you seeking commitment from The Archmage in order to then seek funding for this project?NoYes

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What type of payment / compensation / royalty package are you offering? Please include information on timing, method, invoicing requirements (if any), conditions or restrictions, and timeline for payments: Please be as specific as you can:

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If you answered no, are you willing to use our Office’s standard Letter of Agreement?NoYes

If you answered yes, please upload a blank for review. (filetypes: doc|docx|rtf|pdf)

Do you have a sales, marketing, or community plan? If so, please tell The Archmage a little about your plans and be as complete as you can be:

What type of marketing, publicity, or other support would you be requesting from The Archmage and his Office upon publication of your project? Please be as specific as you can:

And finally, from The Archmage himself…

Enthuse me!“I've been doing this writing/design thing for over FIFTY years. I've seen it all and done most of it at least twice while wearing a tutu and dancing through flaming hoops. Enthuse me with your project... We’re all working on projects that are new and different… How is yours cool? What makes yours neat? I love to love the things I work on—talk to me!”

Why me?“What makes me a fantastic match for your project?”

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In addition it should be noted that Mr. Greenwooddoes not own the rights to Dungeon & Dragons ™ or the Forgotten Realms ™
nor does he have any say in the planning, accepting of writers, art direction or
the editorial schedule whatsoever.

Both of these settings are the intellectual property of Wizards of The Coast
and works created for these settings must be submitted to them for consideration.

Please note: Until further notice, Mr. Greenwood will only be able to attend gatherings from which he can return to his home the same day… so, day trips only. We are planning for a full tour in both 2020 and 2025, so if you can plan that far in advance we’d love to hear from you.

Can you host a Virtual Archmage?

If you’d like to have Mr. Greenwood attend your event virtually, the Office would be more than happy to help set this up. More below.

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What year did your event, gathering, or convention start?
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How many people attend your gathering?
Do you have vendors at your con and, if so, will you ensure that some of Mr. Greenwood's works are available for sale by at least one vendor?

What would you like Mr. Greenwood to do at your event?ReadingBe on a panelRun an eventRun a workshopSomething else

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Marketing

Please provide as many specifics as you are able.
Do you have a program (printed or web-based) and, if so, what can we provide to participate in it?
Do you have a website and, if so, what can we provide to fully participate in all its sections?
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Do you have a marketing, promotions, or publicity person? If so, what are your plans?
Do you create signage for your events? For the outside of the event room? For the signing table? Elsewhere?
If not, is it permissible for Mr. Greenwood to bring his own?
Do you have a media person, publicist, or media liaison? If so, tell us more:
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May Mr. Greenwood, or his staff, take their own pictures, videos, and recordings at the convention? Do they require a special media pass?

Compensation

Do you pay an appearance fee? If so, please describe:
Do you cover transportation costs? Airfare or mileage allowance?
If you are asking Mr. Greenwood to drive himself, do you cover gas/petrol costs as well as parking costs?
Do you offer a per diem to cover off personal expenses?
Do you cover hotel costs?
Are meals included in your compensation package?
If you create small gifts, catalogs, or other branded swag for your event, may Mr. Greenwood have one of each?
Do you provide passes for Ed Greenwood's staff? FYI these passes would have to allow the helper or staff person full access so they can accompany Mr. Greenwood wherever they might need help or wish to have their staff with them.

The Office of Ed Greenwood

A n n o u n c e m e n t

The Adventures of Mirt Continue…

20th January, 2016

For Immediate Release

TORONTO—The Office of Ed Greenwood is pleased to announce that Ed Greenwood, The Archmage, will be writing a brand new series of linked novellas and adventures featuring Mirt, the very first character in the Forgotten Realms®. This annual two-volume set will be published by The Ed Greenwood Group, supported by Onder Broadcasting and made available to the public via Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeon Master’s Guild program and OneBookshelf, their designated distributor.

Greenwood on Mirt

Mirt is a stout, gruff, wheezing old physical wreck of a man, now centuries old. Once, he was an intrepid and very fortunate young adventurer; he and his friend Durnan (later the proprietor of the infamous Yawning Portal in Waterdeep) sought their fortunes together in the Sword Coast North. Striking it rich, they parted ways as Durnan settled down to have a family, and Mirt became Mirt the Merciless, captain of his own mercenary company. He retired from that when his swordarm grew too slow, his body tired of days and nights spent in the saddle, and his brain soured of being swindled by unscrupulous rulers. So he became the soon-infamous Mirt the Moneylender, working his own swindles up and down the Sword Coast, traveling constantly to stay ahead of creditors, rivals, and the local authorities. Until he eventually settled down, became a Lord of Waterdeep, and fell afoul of some hostile magic that kept him imprisoned (but alive) during the Spellplague. Freed some years back, he aided Elminster of Shadowdale in adventures in Cormyr and Waterdeep, but found himself a fish out of water in a much changed Realms. Still ridden by his wanderlust, he decides to become a traveling merchant, wandering the Realms and seeing if his wits and what he knows of ancient and hidden gates (magical portals) could be put to some use, and enjoying a life free of obligations.

But not, as he is to rediscover the hard way, free of adventure…

Greenwood on the Realms…

The Realms is a very big place, and over the years many corners and facets of it have been neglected because published Realmslore could only get to so many places and cover so much. This is a chance to discover those neglected corners with me!

I am incredibly grateful to Wizards of the Coast for opening up the sandbox that is the Realms for us all, to encourage everyone who wants to create in the Realms. This is now truly the shared world I hoped it would become fifty years ago!

Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms® and a myriad of other worlds, universes, and shared settings, is the New York Times best-selling author of literally thousands of works that have sold over a quarter billion units (250,000,000) in a dazzling array of formats in over 40 languages in more than 120 countries.

The Ed Greenwood Group

A n n o u n c e m e n t

Adventures: The Unexplored Realms…

20th January, 2016

For Immediate Release

TORONTO—The Ed Greenwood Group is pleased to announce a special Forgotten Realms® project: guides and adventures that explore the unexplored. Each year Ed Greenwood, The Archmage, will write a guide to a different part of the Realms and to accompany this guide his company will publish four role playing adventures. Three adventures will come from the minds of his Sessoirum of Creatives and one slot a year will be held open for a contribution from the Realms fans.

Details on how fans can submit their works for considerations with more on the adventures and guides will be posted at www.OnderLibrum.com soon. The guides and adventures will be published by The Ed Greenwood Group, supported by Onder Broadcasting and made available to the public via Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeon Master’s Guild program and OneBookshelf, their designated distributor.

TEGG aims to launch the first guide and its adventure at Gamehole Con (Madison, WI | 4th to 6th November, 2016).

Greenwood on exploring the un-explored…

The Realms is a very big place, and over the years many corners and facets of it have been neglected because published Realmslore could only get to so many places and cover so much. This is a chance to discover those neglected corners with me!

Greenwood on the Realms…

I am incredibly grateful to Wizards of the Coast for opening up the sandbox that is the Realms for us all, to encourage everyone who wants to create in the Realms. This is now truly the shared world I hoped it would become fifty years ago!

The Ed Greenwood Group is a transmedia publishing company founded by the creator of the Forgotten Realms®. Launched Hallowe’en, 2015 with a brand-new Ed Greenwood novel Hellmaw: Your World Is Doomed! the company’s ambitious publishing program will see novels, short stories, role playing adventures, audio works, games, Artifacts, costumes and even sweet treats across 15 settings; each their own sub-genre. Ed Greenwood leads his Sessoirum of Creatives on a journey to create and entertain across all formats and in all mediums. The future belongs to Creatives!

TORONTO & SPRING HILL, TN—The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG) and Wonderthing Studios (WTS) are pleased to announce the formation of TEGG Audio & Music. Editorial director Dave Robison of The Roundtable Podcast fame will lead his League of Extraordinary Audiographers, and the TEGG partners and licensees, to expand the TEGG Experience into the worlds of audio entertainment. From word-by-word readings to original plays and multicast works to soundtracks and songs based in the TEGG settings Robison’s new department will add a new and rich dimension to TEGGs offerings.

In addition to his years as a podcaster, Dave Robison has trod the boards as a professional actor, led the editorial team for an online magazine, written and produced over 40 hours of audio drama, and narrated audiobooks and short audio fiction. Robison’s proven leadership and mentoring skills, matched with his Wonderthing Studios network, will help build a solid TEGG audio production program bringing both high standards of quality and solid entertainment for fans and TEGG Creatives alike. “I have been an advocate of creative collaboration for years,” says Robison. “Ed Greenwood is a master storyteller and his vision for readers, gamers and his Sessorium of Creatives is inspiring. I’m deeply honored to be a part of the community of creatives who are making it a reality.”

The production of audio editions for TEGG novels is exciting but Greenwood is even more excited by the idea of brand new original audio productions and music set in his settings, “This partnership is going to be very cool…In just the few creative chats I’ve had with Dave and his delightful wife Teri I think the fans are going to be blown away by what the Robisons are planning to do for them.” Likewise Greenwood is pleased that his Creatives get to expand their repertoires, “Many of my novelists are thrilled at the idea of being able to continue their stories in multiple formats; especially audio…they are already forming groups to discuss new adventures that will start as original audio works. It’s like a painter being given a whole new set of colours to paint with and then adding music. This partnership is very exciting.” Robison adds, ““It feels like everything I’ve done these past years has been leading up to this opportunity. I know I’m not alone in my intent to seize it and blaze some new paths into the frontier of collaborative storytelling.”

The Ed Greenwood Group, a new transmedia publishing company from the creator of the Forgotten Realms®, launches 31st October, 2015. The first novel, Your World Is Doomed! is a brand-new Ed Greenwood title and the first novel in a new urban fantasy setting called Hellmaw—6 story arcs, 85 novels, more than 150 short works plus games and Artifacts. Next year (2016) will see the launch of a more traditional sword-and-sorcery setting code-named Pony Island Adventures; novels based in the universe created for the board game Folklore: The Affliction and Quickblade Games—TEGG’s role playing and mini game division headed by the redoubtable Steven E. Schend. More settings in more genres will follow over the next ten years—For Wolf & Empire (steampunk), Lost Princesses of Mars (space opera), and In So Deep (sex fantasy), to name only a few.